The True Cost of Coal: an illustration by The Beehive Collective is coming to Portland - Oregonian
Sunday August 29 at 7 p.m. at Autonomy, 316 Northwest 4 th Avenue. To create the illustration/poster, those in the Beehive talked to hundreds of people living in the Appalachia region. Mountaintop coal removal

Getting a big charge out of New Orleans - San Diego Union-Tribune
It’s a long commute for a pre-season football game. About 1,800 miles. But it seemed like a good idea. The Chargers, led by Pro Bowl quarterback Philip Rivers, meeting the Saints, led by Drew Brees, the

Botanical Illustration Exhibition Highlights the Art Behind Conservation - Art Daily
WASHINGTON, DC.- A new traveling exhibition, “Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World,” will open at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Aug. 14. The exhibition, a

Dual Defeats for Pakistan Amid Cricket Scandal - New York Times
The ending made no one happy. The cricket, and England’s victory by an innings and 225 runs, was totally overshadowed by accusations in a British tabloid newspaper of match-tampering against some Pakistan

The R.I. Life: This doctor still makes house calls - Providence Journal
WARWICK — Ed Martin bears little tangible resemblance to the physician in the famous Norman Rockwell illustration, “Doctor and the Doll,” first published in 1929, when medicine was so different. But Martin shares

Government Strangles High-Tech Growth - Huffingtonpost.com
The CEO of Intel has joined the ranks of those labeling big government as the cause of our economic slump, not the solution. Paul Otellini says it already costs Intel an extra billion dollars to build a microchip plant

Blue Jays' Jose Bautista booms like ex-Tiger Cecil Fielder did - Detroit Free Press
In denying Miguel Cabrera a legitimate shot at the Triple Crown, Bautista has uncorked one of the best power seasons ever that came without foreshadowing. Bautista, the Toronto outfielder-infielder, leads the

Theater review: 'Trouble in Mind' - San Francisco Gate
Trouble in Mind: Drama. By Alice Childress. Directed by Robin Stanton. Through Sept. 26. Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison St., Berkeley. Two hours, 10 minutes. $15-$45. (510) 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org